The 9x18/18x18 are not standard aliases, I just use them to describe the font sizes.
#Xterm versus uxterm plus#
is the easier way, it contains a replacement xfonts-base package with all the standard fonts (although not in the version in Debian, but in the latest one from XFree86® (which has fixes over X.org) plus fixes _from_ X.org plus fixes of my own), plus FixedMisc. bdf, but it takes much longer to load).įor Debian users.
#Xterm versus uxterm install#
pcf for installation you can also install the. bdf (and then the usual bdftopcf from XFree86®/X.org to convert to. It lives in CVS at (ignore the 9x18/ subdirectory there for now, I never got around to finishing that idea), but needs bdfctool from to compile from. No other terminal emulator seems to be able to do that properly (either the last screenful is covered by the alternate screen and not accessible, or the content shifted to the scrollback buffer just stays there and accumulates with every screen switch).I occasionally publish snapshots at but that’s been a while. Although this is not very important if you use a separate launcher with required options for each switch.Īnd the only good implementation of alternate screen switching is in the pterm terminal emulator found in PuTTY - when switching to the alternate screen, it shifts the normal screen contents into the scrollback buffer (so that it is available for copying while working in the fullscreen program), and on returning to the normal screen it just scrolls those lines back to the visible screen (not leaving any garbage in scrollback).
There is also rxvt-unicode, but its TERM=rxvt-unicode-256color is often a problem when connecting to older systems.Īnother useful xterm feature when working with switches and other devices is that the “Backarrow Key (BS/DEL)” and “Delete is DEL” options are IMHO easier to change for a running window than in gnome-terminal (no need to open a settings window), and this is often needed because some switches want ^H for backspace. Yes, xterm works just fine with Unicode when started with the uxterm wrapper (and in some distros xterm is patched to switch its X resource class from XTerm to UXTerm when an UTF-8 locale is detected). In theory I should like the purityĪnd vision of 9term in practice, well, xterm again.) It feelsĪ little sleazy and lazy to use xterm instead of 9term, but I do itĪnyways because it's so convenient. (9term versus xterm is thus sort of like the BSDs versus Linux. This sort of makes me unhappy, because intellectually I like Has not infrequently made xterm my lazy choice even when I could useĩterm. So xterm is the easyįinally, if I'm being honest I have to admit that there have alwaysīeen a number of little irritations and bits of extra work with usingĩterm instead of xterm, even in situations where 9term is usable. With it, including how it is different from xterm. Gnome-terminal, I have to go to extra work and then I have to put up Run vi or something else that needs cursor addressing.
(If I start 9term I have to be certain that I'm not going to want to Xterm for decades so I am completely acclimatized to how it behaves. Too many seductive little attractions to it, and besides I've been using Xterm is my true default terminal emulator, the one that I start if Iĭon't want to think about which terminal emulator I want. Unfortunately I haven't been using it as much One common need for modern character graphics is apt-get's periodicĭialog boxes for questions, and another is various menu-based serialĬonsole management interfaces for things like switches.ĩterm is normally my first choice for many things, basically any time Iĭon't need either actual terminal emulation (for, eg, vi or su) or easyĬopy and paste support. User interface choices), but sometimes it's what I need, warts and all. Other two alternatives (and the Gnome people keep making questionable Gnome-terminal gets used when I need something that is completely set upįor UTF-8 or modern character graphics. Non-terminal emulator), and gnome-terminal. Routinely use three different terminal emulators xterm, 9term (which is more of a
#Xterm versus uxterm windows#
Recently I mentioned in passing that I use severalĭifferent X Windows terminal emulators, depending on the circumstances.Ī commentator sensibly asked what the circumstances were.
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